Greenhill Books imprint: 22 books
Letters from the Battle of Waterloo
Unpublished Correspondence by Allied Officers from the Siborne Papers
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in military history. Thousands of books have been written on the subject but mysteries remain and controversy abounds.
By presenting more than 200 previously unpublished accounts by Allied officers who fought at the battle, this collection goes right...
Medieval Armoured Combat
The 1450 Fencing Manuscript from New Haven
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
The "Gladiatoria" group of German fencing manuscripts are several editions of a treatise on armoured foot combat, specifically aimed at duel fighting.
Gloriously-illustrated, and replete with substantial commentary, these works are some of the greatest achievements in the corpus of...
Eastern Front Sniper
The Life of Matthäus Hetzenauer
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Eastern Front Sniper is a long overdue and comprehensive biography of one of World War II’s most accomplished snipers.
Mathäus Hetzenauer, the son of a Tyrolean peasant family, was born in December 1924\. He was drafted into the Mountain Reserve Battalian 140 at the age of 18 but discharged...
by Jonathan Bastable
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
D-Day - June 6, 1944 - was a pivotal day in human history. This was the great turning point of the Second World War, when the largest armada ever assembled took a third of a million Allied men across the English Channel.The invasion force of 150,000 troops from Britain, the United States, Canada and...
Duel Under the Stars
The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
"The enemy bomber grew larger in my sights and the rear gunner was sprayed by my guns just as he opened fire. The rest was merely a matter of seconds. The bomber fell like a stone out of the sky and exploded on the ground. The nightmare came to an end."
In this enthralling memoir,...
Voices of the Codebreakers
Personal accounts of the secret heroes of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other, hidden wars - the wars of communication, in which success depended on a flow of concealed and closely guarded information.
Smuggled written messages, secretly transmitted wireless signals, or months of eavesdropping on radio traffic...
Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
Volume I: From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1931
The first of two groundbreaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this book is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages. It highlights the political stresses between the Allies, and their resolution; it studies the problems of feeding and paying for 250,000 Allied forces...
Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
Volume II: From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The concluding volume of this work provides a fresh description of the climatic battle of Waterloo placed in the context of the whole campaign. It discusses several vexed questions: Blücher’s intentions for the battle, Wellington’s choice of site, his reasons for placing substantial forces at...
by Peter Young
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2012
This classic account is a dynamic and vivid record of what it was like to fight with Britain's Commandos across wartime. Peter Young, who joined 3 Commando in June 1940 and went into action with them in July of that year, sets down a spirited tale of adventure, heroism and ever-present danger in this...
Once There Were Titans
Napoleon's Generals and Their Battles, 1800-1815
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
The first serious investigation of Napoleon's generals
Covers the well known to the relatively obscure
Provides a fresh insight into the period
This is a masterly study of generalship in Napoleon's Grande Armèe. Napoleon arguably had the greatest collection of military talent to ever serve...
First In, Last Out
An Unconventional British Officer in Indo-China
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
This is the astonishing tale of two episodes in the life of Colonel J P Cross, jungle fighter and linguist extraordinaire.
As a young officer at the end of the war against Japan in 1945, he took part in counterinsurgency operations against the Vietminh at a time of chaos and confusion. Sent...
The Desert Rats
The 7th Armoured Division in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2002
• The exploits of the Desert Rats
• Based on official records and personal accounts
• Traces the division's progress in North Africa, Italy, Normandy and Germany
This classic and inspiring account of the progress of the 7th Armoured Division from the sands of North Africa to the cold...
Raiders from the Sea
The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
The Special Boat Service was a small force during World War II, never more than about 300 men. But that did not stop it from inflicting great damage on the enemy. In the Mediterranean arena and in the Aegean, which the Germans controlled after the fall of Greece and Crete, this small commando force...
Air Battle of Malta
Aircraft Losses and Crash Sites, 1940 - 1942
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
In the Second World War, Malta was besieged for nearly two and a half years, during which time a decisive air war was waged between Britain, Italy and Germany.
This is part of that story, from the early days in June 1940, when only a few Gladiator biplanes were available to combat Italian...
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